The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-09

modelled form, through the ROUSE VI
Representatives in the second session
of the same Congress. That q power
full government like ours, representing
a population OF fitty.f Ye mnll2hss Oh
people, should magnify the woyds and
acts of a community numerically as
weak as our Church is, and exert Itself
in so tempestuous manner to destroy
its influence and growth, is suiflclentIy
remarkable to excite surprise; out
when to effect this the very principles
upon which the whole superStrHctGre
of government rests are dis
carded, and the Constitution it
self and it's guarantees are trampIeQ
upon, then the feeling becomes one OF
wonder at the madness which seems 20
| take possession of men when WhaS IS
called the Mormon question" comes
up for discussion and action. In tae
haste and zeal of this madness to des-
/ troy our religion, settled principles OF
| jurisprudence are diSregerded, evil
presidents are established, and men
talk and act as if it were absolutely eS-
Sentiai to the happiness of the people
! OF the republic TO override 6YerE true
principle of government 10 strike down
| Jhe majority of the people o. Utah. 1t
| IS easy TO predict what the result OF
| this contemptuOuS disregard OF the
rights Of citizens and the WrltteG
| pledges OF the Constitution will result
H.. The precedentS now being MADE
will, in the not distant future, be III
conceivably fruitful Of evil to the PEG
| pie Of this republic. No people or
government can defy the sound prin-
cipleS OF law which are essential TO the
correct administration OF justice and
10 the maintenance of the rights Of It's
citizens, without calling into exist
eHce forces which are calc glated 70 lead
to its destruction.
Taere has been no cessation in the
annoYances, prosecutions and Unjusti-
liable conduct from which our people
DGYe suffered at the hands of those
clothed with little brief authority as
officials in our midst. Unlawful CO.
habitation, an oHense which, under
the law, is miSdemeaDor, is magni-
lied into a crime Of great tUrpitUde,
and more Zeal is manifested in seeking
to ferret out and punish those who are
accused Of it than there is in dealing
with all the other crimes on the c&len-
dar. All other ofenSeS, however
gross and horrid, appear TO sink into
lnsigDitcance in the eyes OF our Fed
eral officials ia comparison with the
act Of mans caring for, furnishing,
or even visiting his wives, taken by
him, as he believes, in accordance
with command of God, and his chill
dren born to him in such wedlock. In
former Epistles we have described the
conduct of some of these officials in
fitting language. Upon slight pretexts, |
and where presumption merely exists, |
men are still arrested and treated with |
an indefensible severity which is moth |
ing less than persecution, and which |
mrs those who Qn6nra 70 no
plane of martyrs. The treatment of |
the Latter-day Saints in these Tern |
tories under the Edmunds law |
will yet be read with surprise |
and wonder, when the facts all !
become kno wn. That American citizens
should receive such usage IL a gov
eminent like ours PROCESSES TO be,
would appear Incredible if it were not |
substantiated by convincing proofs.
Aged men, whose lives have been up
right and honorable, and against whom
not q WORD OF reproach can be uttered,
have been ruthlessly and barbarousIy
consigned to prison cells because they
were too manly to disavoW their fami-
lies and to break the solemn covenants
which they made in the presence of
heaven with their wives.
But this has not been the extent of
the lnhumanity of those who have
taken upon themselves the role of per-
secutorS. Blood has been shed, and
that n most dastardly and cruel
manner. Edward NJ. Dalton, arespect-
able young man, Of good family and
CONNECTIONS. while uRSuspectingly
rlclng inthe streets of Parowan, was
nailed oy deputy marshal-William
thompson, Jr.-conCeaieG behind a
fence, and simultaneously shot in the
mack He fall from l.O- ]
shortly alter. His slayer was indicted
Tor .manSlaugater by grand iury |,
which &c himself had summoned on !
open Ienlre, and was tried in the
second District Court, at Beaver.
ne prosecuting attorney max
ng, what was virtually plea
MS behalf, and he was acquitted |
10 other result could have'beep ex-
'ected under the circumstances, with {
'uch jury, such court, and such a | !
officer; for, 1t is only the
ruin 10 say, the deed was viewed with I
atlsfaction and approval by many, and :
.eLen0eQ as an act that was entirely q
liSttraoie. 1t might be thought that, Q
teeT sacn an occurrence, such a nan t
fouId De quietly set aside and kent 4
rom public notice. But, aIasi for orr =
ountry ana the evil DAYS upon which z
Ee a3vc fallen, this man is uoW re- r
AIMED IN the employ of the government +
nc acts as j deputy marshal, ?
Edward NJ. Dalton died, it may he. =
a!d, martyr 10 the principles of re- r
gloas freedom. His Innocent blood r.
as shed without provocation. His a
anne Will yet stand out in history % n
lat OF victim TO religious hat. and h
IS memory viii be Cherished hy his n
.m1ly and friends and our entire COM a.
unity with loving veneration' .,
ElQer Lorenzo Snow, one of the r.
Welye Apostles, was sentsrced s hv r r
'e First District Court to eightee9 y
on'hs' Imprisonment in the penifen- ?,
airy and $500 fine and the costs of his =
IA. 1t was felt that this was an mn Fl
st sentence; that the grand iUry. nm
er TIE direction of the District At RI
rney, violated the law in gegreosting Il,
e o1ense with which he was CHARGED OF
la bringing in three indictments rs
alnst MIN. After some tronbIe an p
peal was secured TO the limited he
d 4 supreme Court, which reversed di
Z Heclslon OF the lower court and In
ciafeq segregation to be nnIsvTuI r.,
teT eleven months Confinement in M
e Fenltentiary, which be endured no
- SFSat patience and eGuaDfnoi+T he -